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The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations endorsed the recommendation of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations to grant the Arab Council for Human Rights and Fair Trial special consultative status with the Council under Article 71 of the Charter of the United Nations, which provides that the Economic and Social Council shall make appropriate arrangements for consultation with bodies Non-governmental organizations concerned with matters within its competence.
For his part, Abdul Jawad Ahmed, Chairman of the Arab Council for Human Rights, said that the request to accept the Arab Council for Human Rights was accepted as a consultative body after it met all the international conditions and standards of the NGOs and after discussing its request with care, professionalism and approval of all members of the committee, 19 countries.
In a press statement, Ahmed added that the decision to ratify the consultative status of the Arab Council would allow him to participate in the work of the Council and other United Nations bodies and to allow the Arab Council to consult with the international organization, Member States and the United Nations system more effectively. Its representatives at United Nations Headquarters and offices in New York and Geneva.
"We will continue to strengthen and support the efforts of the Egyptian civil society to activate human rights, especially the adoption of development programs and projects as well as the development of the state system in the field of legal and judicial assistance to Egyptians, refugees and migrants," he said. .
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ACSFT declares that there is no formal, legal or legal relationship between the institution or its representative, Mr. Abdel Gawad Ahmed, to the called International Council Supporting Fair Trial in Geneva (ICSFT). The Arab Council affirms the commencement of all legal procedures, both at Geneva and in Egypt, On behalf of the Arab Council Foundation within the so-called Foundation of the International Council in Geneva. The Arab Council warns against using his name or the name of his legal representative, Abdel Gawad Ahmed, either currently or in the future, or linking him to the called International Council Supporting Fair Trial.
Abdel Gawad Ahmed, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Council in Cairo, affirms the difference of the Arab Council supporting fair trial of the International Council in terms of persons, purposes, objectives, directives and policies, and that its name and name represent a legal violation that requires taking all legal measures to stop this violation against the Foundation and its representative .
Cairo, 22 April 2018
Chairman of the Board of Trustees / Abdel Gawad Ahmed

The Arab Council for the Support of Fair Trial and Human Rights expressed its deep concern about the Egyptian television and private satellite channels. The media coverage of the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak, former Interior Minister Habib al-Adli and symbols of the regime. the previous.
In a statement, the council said in a statement today that the channels are hosting a number of legal, legal and press personalities, in particular the representatives of the defense of civil and civil rights defendants, in addition to the analysis of the trial in its early stages. The president of the court adjourned for a break and after the court issued its decision to postpone the trial to mid-August, as if the trial were a football game that questioned the commentary before, during and after the suspension.
Abdel-Gawad Ahmed, chairman of the Arab Council for Fair Trial, called on Judge Ahmed Refaat, head of the Cairo Criminal Court, to use a power to issue a decree prohibiting all media outlets from handling the media either by analyzing or suspending the trial during all stages until the final verdict is issued. In accordance with the law and the principles and controls established in this regard.
He also called on the bodies and representatives of the defense of civil rights plaintiffs and defendants in the ongoing trial of Mubarak and al-Adli not to show television and space programs to comment on the trial during the availability of legal representation of the parties to the trial and not to go into it or comment on the course, in order to avoid confusion and undermine the confidence of public opinion in justice Judiciary If the adjudication of the trial ends, it is contrary to the belief that was formed in the public opinion by the influence of the media
The Arab Council for Fair Trial is concerned about the "spatial analysis" of Mubarak's trial and the symbols of his regime

The Arab Council for the Support of Fair Trial and Human Rights held a workshop on "The role of journalists and media professionals in calling for the right to telephone the detainees and detainees", as well as the concept of the right of communication and its importance in international covenants, the constitution and the Egyptian laws and related laws. Of the crimes of torture and cruelty, as one of the most important guarantees to promote the fair trial of those accused of gathering evidence, on June 2011 15 and 16.
The workshop held in cooperation with the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) with the implementation of the "Right of Contact" project, which aims to strengthen the guarantee of the right of communication to detainees in police stations and places of detention to communicate with their lawyers and their families, said Abdul gawad Ahmed, Executive Director of the Arab Council for the Promotion of Fair Trial and Human Rights. Immediately after their arrest, as one of the mechanisms to prevent torture and cruelty to detainees.
The Arab Council discussed the right of communication to detainees in police stations

Abdel gawad Ahmed, director of the Arab Council supporting"Arab to support fair trial" demands the right to communicate to prisoners and detainees Fair Trial and Human Rights, pointed out that the right to communicate is an important guarantee for detainees of prisoners and accused. This right is closely linked to and promotes other rights, such as the right to a fair trial and its components, The right to communicate directly with respect for the right to liberty and security of the person and the treatment of detainees with dignity.
He pointed out that the text of the right of communication is stated in the constitutional declaration: Anyone who is arrested or detained for reasons of arrest or immediate detention shall be informed and shall have the right to communicate with anyone who believes that he is informed of what occurred or is used in the manner regulated by law. And to him and others to appeal before the judiciary of the procedure that restricts his personal freedom.
This came during a roundtable held by the Council under the title "Ensuring the right of contact between detainees and detainees with their families and lawyers and its role in combating torture and enforced disappearances", in the presence of Nejad Al-Borai, Director of the Legal Department of the Arab Organization for Human Rights, Hafez Abu Saada, President of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights and a number of jurists.
During the meeting, the detainee was asked to determine the time the detainee was allowed to call (whether immediately after his detention or after a period of time), and the means of communication supposed to be available to the detainee regardless of the charge for which he was detained (via mobile phone or the Internet or by a police call) ), As well as who are the individuals allowed to contact them (family or lawyers), and the length of time available to them to talk and the number of contact times. Is it permitted to record the call made by the detainee or not in accordance with his privacy

The Arab Council for the Support of Fair Trials and Human Rights called for providing the appropriate environment for a trial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak and former interior minister Habib al-Adli and his aides to protect the rights of families of martyrs and those injured in the January 25 revolution.
The council also called on Judge Ahmad Refaat, the president of the Cairo Criminal Court, to use the power he is legally authorized to issue a statement calling on the media to observe the necessary media controls to try Mubarak and al-Adli in the case of killing demonstrators, whether by analyzing or commenting in accordance with the law and the principles and controls in this regard.
The Council stressed its commitment to the media and commentary in accordance with the principles of constitutional and judicial stability and within the framework of a set of controls, the most important that the laws prohibit comment on the judicial provisions or exposure to them, but the laws prohibit the suspension of the judicial provisions or exposure to them only through legal remedies and suspension From a specialist and that the suspension shall deal with the exhaustive means of appeal against it in order to avoid affecting the body that issued it.
Abdul-Jawad Ahmed, chairman of the Arab Council for the Support of Fair Trials and Human Rights confirmed the Council's adherence to the principle of public hearings of the trial of symbols of the former regime and the continued direct broadcast of the trial of Mubarak and al-Adli in the case of the killing of peaceful demonstrators.
The Arab Council for the Support of Fair Trials requests: Provide guarantees to preserve the rights of the families of the martyrs in the trial of Mubarak and al-Adli

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ACSFT aims for the legal empowerment and support for the poor (Egyptians and foreigners) including refugees and asylum seekers and provides free legal aid for the poor Egyptians and foreigners.
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